31. If his descendants forsake my teaching,do not follow my decrees,
32. If they fail to observe my statutes,do not keep my commandments,
33. I will punish their crime with a rodand their guilt with blows.
34. But I will not take my mercy from him,nor will I betray my bond of faithfulness.
35. I will not violate my covenant;the promise of my lips I will not alter.
36. By my holiness I swore once for all:I will never be false to David.
37. His dynasty will continue forever,his throne, like the sun before me.
38. Like the moon it will stand eternal,forever firm like the sky!”Selah
39. But now you have rejected and spurned,been enraged at your anointed.
40. You renounced the covenant with your servant,defiled his crown in the dust.
41. You broke down all city walls,left his strongholds in ruins.
42. All who pass through seize plunder;his neighbors deride him.
43. You have exalted the right hand of his foes,have gladdened all his enemies.
44. You turned back his sharp sword,did not support him in battle.
45. You brought to an end his splendor,hurled his throne to the ground.